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Category: Post-excavation

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Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Post-excavation Research Zooarchaeology

New paper: Life and death of sheep and deer at the Ness of Brodgar

Professor Ingrid Mainland and Nick Card are among the authors of a new paper on the faunal remains from the Ness of Brodgar.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, November 21, 2022 (8:00am)Monday, November 21, 2022 (3:46pm)
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Iron Age Post-excavation The Cairns

Join Holly for an evening of shells…

The role of shellfish in the Iron Age will be among the subjects covered in a Stromness Museum talk by PhD candidate Holly Young next Thursday.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, November 7, 2022 (7:50am)Monday, November 7, 2022 (7:51am)
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Post-excavation Seminar Zooarchaeology

Video : domestic mammal biometry in the North Atlantic region

The recording of October 2022’s monthly UHI Archaeology Institute research seminar, featuring Dr Julia Cussans, who outlines her PhD research into size and shape changes in domestic mammal bones in the North Atlantic region.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, October 31, 2022 (8:02am)Monday, October 31, 2022 (8:03am)
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Neolithic Ness of Brodgar Post-excavation Postgraduate

‘Burning issues’ – funded MRes studentship available looking at Ness of Brodgar burnt animal bone

The UHI Archaeology Institute has a funded Masters by Research (MRes) studentship available, looking at the burnt bone assemblages from the Ness of Brodgar Neolithic complex.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, October 24, 2022 (8:00am)Tuesday, November 8, 2022 (9:04am)
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Excavation Iron Age Post-excavation The Cairns

Isotope analysis reveals an atypical Iron Age diet for The Cairn’s ‘elder’

Analysis of a woman’s jawbone deposited outside an Iron Age broch around AD200 has shown that seafood was major part of her diet throughout her life.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, October 17, 2022 (4:43pm)Monday, October 17, 2022 (4:43pm)
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Excavation News Post-excavation

Council’s archaeology fund open for Orkney project applications

Orkney Islands Council’s annual archaeological grant has re-opened for applications, with a deadline of November 30, 2022.

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, October 10, 2022 (10:12am)Monday, October 10, 2022 (10:13am)
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Post-excavation Research Zooarchaeology

Runner-up spot for UHI seaweed-consumption research poster

At the UK Archaeological Science conference in Aberdeen, Dr Magdalena Blanz and colleagues won the  runner-up poster prize for early career researchers.

by Sigurd TowrieFriday, April 29, 2022 (3:00pm)Monday, January 30, 2023 (12:02pm)
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Iron Age Post-excavation Swartigill

The significance of the ‘miniscule’ blue beads from Swartigill

Recent post-excavation work, processing soil samples excavated from Swartigill, has revealed several beautiful and tiny pieces of Iron Age jewellery. Not one, not two, but three blue glass beads!

by Sigurd TowrieMonday, January 31, 2022 (9:00am)Monday, January 31, 2022 (9:16am)
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Iron Age Post-excavation Swartigill

Unravelling the story of an Iron Age site – a Swartigill post-excavation update

With winter upon us, the focus of the Swartigill project has turned towards post-excavation. This is a good opportunity for a recap of what we know about the site as it stands.

by Sigurd TowrieWednesday, December 8, 2021 (1:19pm)Wednesday, February 2, 2022 (9:11am)
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Excavation News Post-excavation

Council’s archaeology fund re-opens for Orkney project applications

Orkney Islands Council’s annual archaeological grant has re-opened for applications, with a deadline of November 30, 2021.

by Sigurd TowrieThursday, November 4, 2021 (8:42am)Thursday, November 4, 2021 (2:01pm)
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Iron Age Post-excavation The Cairns

Radiocarbon dates shed light on life and death in the Iron Age

Analysis of the human jawbone deposited outside The Cairns broch has given new insights into the formal closure of the monumental structure at the end of its life.

by seanlisle1Monday, December 5, 2016 (6:43am)Tuesday, October 25, 2022 (5:40pm)
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